--- authldaplib.c.orig	2005-11-25 13:45:16.146177560 +0800
+++ authldaplib.c	2005-11-25 13:50:50.483350584 +0800
@@ -1292,6 +1292,28 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* patch to make relative mailDir works fine
+	 * patch date: 2005-11-25
+	 * patched by He zhiqiang <hzqbbc@hzqbbc.com> */
+	if (mailDir !=0 && my_ldap.mailroot != 0 && *my_ldap.mailroot)
+	{
+		char *new_mailroot=malloc(strlen(mailDir)+
+					  strlen(my_ldap.mailroot)+2);
+
+		if (!new_mailroot)
+		{
+			perror("CRIT: authldap: malloc failed");
+			rc= -1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			strcat(strcat(strcpy(new_mailroot, my_ldap.mailroot),
+				      "/"), mailDir);
+			free(mailDir);
+			mailDir=new_mailroot;
+		}
+	}
+
 	j=1;
 
 	for (i=0; my_ldap.auxoptions[i]; i++)